Storm chasing part of Ball State summer course

Students travel to the Great Plains to find tornadoes

Many students spend their summers working, at internships or taking summer classes either on campus or online. But one group of Ball State students will be driving across the Great Plains in search of storms

City installs new parking meters along Riverside Avenue

Students and faculty might notice something new as they make their way onto campus today: parking meters on Riverside Avenue. Parking along Riverside Avenue has been free in the past, but the city has decided to install new meters in order to generate more money “It was free parking; it had nothing to do with Ball State because we own none of the streets, and so along that area there was this thought about meters,” Jim Lowe, director of Facilities Planning and Management, said.

Ball State students to tell behind-the-scene stories of 2012 London Olympics

During this summer, Ball State students will travel to London to tell behind-the-scenes stories about sports, people and places of the 2012 London Olympic Games.